Tee for golf balls



Jan. 18, 1927. 1,614,499

D. M. sTlRToN TEE FOR GOLF BALLS Filed May 25. 1924 l'Li Patented Jan.18, 1927.

DAVID M. STIRTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TEE FOR GOLF BALLS.

Application led May 23, 1924. Serial No. 715,265.

As is well known to all familiar with the game, it is the practice, inplaying the game of golf, to tee up the ball for the first shot at thebeginning of the play for each hole, and the usual practice is to mold asmall quantity of damp sand into a slightly rounded or more or lessconical elevation to support the ball and form the tee. This does notreadily enable the ball to be supported at exactly the same elevationeach tee shot, and moreover results in soiling the lingers, and isunsanitary. Various kinds of paper and rubber tees and tees of othermaterials have been suggested to avoid the objections made to sand tees,and my present invention relates to a novel paper tee which is designedto avoid the objections mentioned, and to exhibit qualities rendering itmore desirable and useful than other tees of a similar class known tome. lVith these ends in view I have designed and invented the novel golfball tee hereinafter described and which is illustrated in the ac'-companying drawings, the essential elements of my invention being moreparticularly set forth in the appended claims.

ln the drawings, F ig. 1 is a view of a number of my novel teesconnected and folded together in flat form, as they are designed to besupplied to players to be carried about with them for use, and Fig. 2 isa perspective of one of the tees detached and expanded into circularform ready for a golfo ball. to be placed thereon, the outline of theball being indicated in dotted lines.`

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in both figures ofthe drawing.

As will be understood by reference to Fig. l of the drawing, my novelgolf tees are formed from a strip of paper l pasted together alongopposite edges in the form of a tube and folded into flat form so thatthe connected sheets may be conveniently carried and handled. The tubeis divided into sections 2, each forming a single tee 3, by cross rowsof diamond-shaped perforations 4.-, the lines of tear along which thetube is designed to be separated into tees being indicated in thedrawing by the dotted lines 5 running across the narrowest portions ofthe necks at the adjacent angles between the diamond shapedperforations.

The rows of tapering tips which are formed at the top and bottom of eachtee by severing them in the manner described enable the tee to be seatedupon or in the surface of the earth more securely than would otherwisebe possible, and the tips at the top of the tee will spread slightly asthe golf ball is placed upon them so that the ball is supportedsecurely. The tees of each form may be, and preferably are formed, ofuniform size, so that the golf ball will always be supported at the sameelevation, a slight and easily regulated variation of height beingpermitted, however, by forcing the lower row of tips slightly into theground or spreading them somewhat.

It will be understood that while the diamond-shaped perforationillustrated provide narrow tearing necks and tapering supporting tipswhich are admirably adapted to serve the ends in view, perforation ofother shapes may be employed, as round, or oval, or with arcuate sides,(see the forms indicated at the lower side of F ig. l) provided they beof such size and spacing as to permit reasonably accurate detachment ofthe individual tees and provide adequate supporting tips adapted toserve the purposes above explained.

I claim:

l. A blank of connected golf ball tees comprising a tubular paper bodyadapted to be expanded or folded fiat and formed with cross rows ofdiamond-shaped perforations, the sections between the rows being adaptedto be separated along lines running through proximate angles of theperforations to form bendable supporting legs and provide a ball supportof adjustable height.

2. A blank of connected golf ball tees comprising a tubular paper bodyadapted to be expanded or folded fiat and formed with cross rows ofspaced perforations defining necks having narrow portions constituting atearing line for the separation of individual tees, and the separatedneck portions on a tee being formed to constitute a series of yieldingsupporting tips arranged to be spread to provide a ball support ofadjustable height.

DAVID M. STIRTON.

